Hi, Steve Hill wrote in msgid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] :
> I know this subject has been done to death, but please don't switch > off yet... Apparently the subtle nuances between inline and external images haven't been discussed enough. > As I previously understood it, TB wasn't able to show inline images in > HTML mail, and while this is something I wouldn't mind having, I > readily accepted this as being outweighed by all TB's great features > which I could now not be without. Here begins your misunderstanding. TB is able to display *inline* images in HTML formatted mails (when they referenced properly and when they are really *inline*, ie. sent along with the message as attachments). > However, today I received an email (promotional, sort of SPAM) with an > inline image showing actually as part of the email (as well as an > attachment, as is the norm). > My question is this... why is this possible with this email but not > with all the HTML newsletters and promotions I receive from the likes > of Amazon, BBC, etc. Because those mails do not contain *inline* images but rather only references to images (and sometimes other nasty stuff) somewhere out on the net. Other email applications would try to fetch theses images when displaying the message. (And that leads to many undesired side-effects (just google for web bugs and html and message tracking).) > Apologies if this is obvious, or already covered elsewhere. Although I > have been using TB for a while, I have really only skimmed the surface > of it's full potential, so still consider myself a bit of a newb. No problem. Ask a reasonable question and you get a reasonable answer. Regards, Markus -- Using The Bat! 1.63 Beta/11 under Windows NT 4.0 Build 1381 Service Pack 6 ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62r | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
